I was able to reproduce the random logouts on Safari; it appears to be related to the "Remember me" option on login. It was checked by default, but as a test, I've switched it to unchecked. This works around the problem of random session drops. Of course, that means regulars will need to login more frequently, but if you're willing to let your browser remember the password, it's not too annoying.

While I was there, I added some code to tidy up cookies and remove your associated "remember me" keys from the database; just click forget me. You'll be logged out (sorry), but presumably the next login will be more stable (and if not, easier to debug). The link is also at the bottom of the index for easy reference, look for "To delete cookies associated with this site, click here".

Let me know if the above (not checking "remember me", clearing out old cookies) helps avoid the random session drops. I have some other guesses about the root cause, but they're more involved.

Try clicking the forget me link and then login without "Remember me". You should stay logged in for about an hour of inactivity before the session times out. That said, it could be browser-specific and I don't test with Edge.

Sorry about that, I was changing the server configuration and it looks like you may have caught it mid-change. Try clearing your browser cache and clicking the forget me link. I'll double-check on my end, too.

It's not an elegant workaround, but since the "remember me" option appears to be the source of the problem, I've disabled it for now and increased the session time to 48 hours. That means if you visit every day or so, you won't have to log in again.

What is a "cookie manager" and how did you correct it? I honestly don't recall doing anything around March 26th that started this recent conversation. I've applied a few possible fixes, not really knowing what the cause is. Sometimes it's just a browser change that breaks websites like HB.

HB wrote:? I honestly don't recall doing anything around March 26th that started this recent conversation.

March 25 The H-B home page pretty much disappeared around noon for me & wasn't back to normal until the next morning which is when the login issue started. When I went to the home page on the 25th 95% of the page was blank with only a garbled list of current topics & a small H-B.com above it showing. No issues with my other forum/websites that day.